Delaware Bank Teller Pleads Guilty To $150,000 Embezzlement

WILMINGTON, Del. – Amanda Carey, age 28, of New Castle, Del., pleaded guilty today to embezzling over $150,000 from a PNC Bank location in Greenville, Del., announced Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware.  Carey, who will be sentenced on February 3, 2016, by the Honorable Richard G. Andrews, United States District Judge for the District of Delaware, faces a maximum sentence of 30 years imprisonment, a $1,000,000 fine, and 5 years of supervised release following her prison sentence.

According to statements made at the plea hearing today and documents filed in court, Carey embezzled approximately $150,000 from PNC Bank over the course several months this year.  She was employed as a teller supervisor at the bank, beginning in January 2015.  On June 19, 2015, Carey did not report to work as scheduled.  An audit of the bank’s vaults was conducted, and the bank learned that over $150,000 of cash was missing.  An arrest warrant was issued for Carey on July 10, 2015, and she was arrested in Emporia, Virginia on July 28, 2015.

This case is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Lauren Paxton and Elizabeth L. Van Pelt, with the cooperation and assistance of PNC Bank Investigative Services Group.